Year: 2025

Greatest Hits Radio is bringing back its Superstars series this month, starting with a special on David Bowie.

The new season begins on Sunday 14 September and will explore the careers of some of music’s most influential performers, including Queen, John Lennon, Pink Floyd and Duran Duran. Each episode features rare recordings, interviews and stories behind the songs that defined different eras.
The first documentary focuses on David Bowie, timed ahead of the release of his final box set ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’. Narrated by Jackie Brambles and produced by Gimme Sugar Productions, the programme charts Bowie’s impact on pop culture across the 70s, 80s and 90s.
It covers highlights such as his Glastonbury 2000 performance, the 2002 album Heathen, the challenge of balancing new material with a huge back catalogue, and his final record Blackstar in 2016. Archive interviews with Bowie himself feature alongside contributions from long-time collaborator Tony Visconti, PR Alan Edwards and bassist Gail Ann Dorsey.
Jackie Brambles guides listeners through the story with Bowie’s music providing the soundtrack. The series continues with weekly episodes celebrating other legendary artists whose work continues to resonate with generations of listeners.

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Applications have opened for the final round of small-scale DAB radio multiplex licences, covering 40 areas across the UK.

This eighth round marks the last stage of Ofcom’s programme, which has already led to 75 multiplexes going live across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Once complete, the initiative will support more than 100 small-scale multiplexes nationwide.
Each multiplex licence allows community services, specialist music stations and stations aimed at under-served groups to broadcast on digital radio. Ofcom says this expansion is designed to give listeners more choice and to provide opportunities for stations that may not otherwise reach digital audiences.
The new areas now open for applications include towns and regions across all four nations.
Licences are also being re-advertised for several locations where they have not yet been awarded.
Ofcom has set the closing date for applications as 5pm on 10 December this year. In addition to multiplex operators, the regulator is also encouraging applications from organisations who want to provide a Community Digital Sound Programme (C-DSP) service on small-scale DAB.
Areas are:

Aberystwyth
Andover
Armagh
Ballymena
Barnsley
Barnstaple & Bideford
Brecon
Burton-on-Trent & Lichfield
Bury St Edmunds, Thetford & Mildenhall
Cheltenham & Tewkesbury
Chesterfield
Chippenham & Malmesbury
Coleraine
Cookstown & Dungannon
East Cornwall
East Edinburgh & South Forth coast
Falmouth, Penzance & Redruth
Gairloch
Girvan & Cumnock
Grantham & Sleaford
Grimsby
Kilmarnock
Leamington Spa & Stratford-upon-Avon
Mansfield & Worksop
Monmouth
Newbury
Newquay, St Austell & Truro
North Powys
Omagh
Perth
Peterlee
Pitlochry & Aberfeldy
Scunthorpe
Skye & Lochalsh
South Hams
South Powys
Stroud
Telford & Shrewsbury
Tiverton
Ullapool

Plus:

Berwickshire & Roxburgh
Chester
Derby
Dundee & North East Fife
Guildford & Woking
Lincoln
Kintyre, Islay & Jura
South West Fife
South West Sussex
Weymouth & Dorchester

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